The Sri Lankan Government has decided to retain Value Added Tax (VAT) and will not replace it with Turnover Tax (TT), the Sunday Times Online reliably understands.
VAT was to be replaced with TT and the announcement was to be made in this afternoon (Friday)'s budget presentation. The decision to stay with VAT comes in the wake of opposition from the business community and the tourism sector in particular. In an article titled "VAT – Throwing the “Baby with the Bathwater” which appeared in the Business Times last week, Suresh Perera, Principal – Tax and Regulatory, KPMG Ford, Rhodes, Thornton & Co, explained why replacing VAT is not beneficial oo the country.
The tourism sector said TT, which has a cascading effect, would stall development in the sector. - ENDS -
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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